Improvement in lambrequins



enn-$4M. Jon-Merely; or NEW YORK, N. Y.

To allw hom 'it may concern:

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letters Patent'No. 105,692, dated July 26,1870;- antedated July 11, 1870.

mrnovzemnnir m LAMBREQUTNSL- The Schedule referred to in th'ese Letters Patent and making part of the same.

' Be it known that I, HENRY M. J ons s ros, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented.

a new and improved Cloth Lambrequin; and I do hereby declare that'the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereofl This invention relates 'toa lfiinbrequiumade of new matcrialsand adapted to thedecoration or ornamentation of windows, or wherever a'cheap, rich, and beantif'ul lainbrequin isrequired.

I will now proceed to' descrlbemy invention, so as to enableothers skilled in the art to make'and use 91 'select for. the body of myimprov'ed lamhrequin, buckram, crash, or other cheap common cloth, and I fill in the meshes with any suitable substance or composition of matter. t

. v The composition Iprefer ,to use is composed of two ounces-of glue,"well.' soaked, and dissolved in eight ounces of water, after which two ounces of glycerine .isadded, the glyceriue being added to impart supplen'essto the cloth after the composition isdried in or hnpon it. i i I then take one pound of blanc fix, and mix it intimately with eight ounces of water, and then mix the solution of :glue and glyceiine with the mm fix and water,

Any suitable pigment may be added to the composition for the purpose of imparting color.

.I then incorporate the composition with the cloth .by means of a brush-, ba.th, or other suitable device.

The cloth is then hung npto dry, and, after drying, is passed between calendering-rolls to smooth its surface.

i Any other suitable substanceorcomposition of matter may be used, in lieu of the composition described, for the purpose of filling the meshes, and imparting smoothness tothe surface of the cloth.-

which lambreqninsfarje 1 ,Thebodyof therlambreqniumaybe made up of several thicknesses of cloth, of equalor y'ariable qualitiesand ,thickness,';united togetherby pressure, after being filled with.the'coinpositiou, and, when dry,

should then be passed-{between calendering-rolls' to smooth the surfacejf If it is desired to giYeavery smooth surfaceto -the,

cloth,'for the purpose of imitaiting silk and other ma.

tcriais'of fine texture,' thesurface of the cloth should beagain coated with the composition, and, after drying', passed bet-weenthe-calenderiug-rolls as before. After caIendering,-.;I, then print the. outline of the lambrequin upon the siu'g'le sheet or the combined sheets of cloth, fi'omwhicli I then cut it by means of dies, shears, or other suitable device.

I then decorate onioruament its surface with flock- .ing, water or oil colors; either plain or 'printed' in--de sign, or with. gilding, bionzing, or anyother suitablestyle of decoration or ornamentation.; The design" of I the lambreqnin may be decorated on the cloth before it is cut, and, after thedecoi ation isifinished, it may then be cut, but I prefe cutting the .lambrequin before decoratilig it, so'it during the process ofg'th The texture and .qn

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, :of-iyarioh materials of it made can be imitated by "dies, or any other suitable device.

Having thus descri my'invention, I claim as new'and desire to secure by Letters Patentv The new article ofmenufzictuite, acloth lambrequin', substantially as described.

HENRY M. JOHNSTQN.

Witnesses:

0. S. Fonnnrr, DAVID EARLE.

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